Pubdate: Thu, 26 Apr 2012
Source: Times-Herald, The (Vallejo, CA)
Copyright: 2012 The Times-Herald
Contact:  http://www.timesheraldonline.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/993
Author: Dave Lane
Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v12/n228/a06.html

EFFORT TO DEMONIZE CANNABIS DOESN'T MEASURE UP

I don't know what Lisa Jackson's ("Marijuana: Think about it", April 
19 motivation is to continue to demonize cannabis, but all the 
evidence she cites are correlational and not causal statistics.

There is a high correlation between drinking milk as a child and 
becoming president, or becoming a hardened criminal. It does not mean 
drinking milk causes either result any more than the studies she 
cites demonstrate that cannabis causes any problems at all.

Dave Lane

Santa Cruz
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